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package org.apache.log4j.spi;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;
// Contibutors: Mathias Bogaert
/**
* RootLogger sits at the top of the logger hierachy. It is a regular logger
* except that it provides several guarantees.
*
*
* First, it cannot be assigned a null level. Second, since root
* logger cannot have a parent, the {@link #getChainedLevel} method always
* returns the value of the level field without walking the hierarchy.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*
*/
public final class RootLogger extends Logger {
/**
* The root logger names itself as "root". However, the root logger cannot be
* retrieved by name.
*/
public RootLogger(Level level) {
super("root");
setLevel(level);
}
/**
* Return the assigned level value without walking the logger hierarchy.
*/
public final Level getChainedLevel() {
return level;
}
/**
* Setting a null value to the level of the root logger may have catastrophic
* results. We prevent this here.
*
* @since 0.8.3
*/
public final void setLevel(Level level) {
if (level == null) {
LogLog.error("You have tried to set a null level to root.", new Throwable());
} else {
this.level = level;
}
}
}